UML 2 Toolkit

UML 2 represents a significant update to the UML specification, from providing more robust mechanisms for modeling workflow and actions to making the modeling language more executable. Now in its second edition, this bestselling book provides you with all the tools you’ll need for effective modeling with UML 2. The authors get you up to speed by presenting an overview of UML and its main features. You’ll then learn how to apply UML to produce effective diagrams as you progress through more advanced topics such as use-case diagrams, classes and their relationships, dynamic diagrams, system architecture, and extending UML. The authors take you through the process of modeling with UML so that you can successfully deliver a software product or information management system.

With the help of numerous examples and an extensive case study, this book teaches you how to:

• Organize, describe, assess, test, and realize use cases
• Gain substantial information about a system by using classes
• Utilize activity diagrams, state machines, and interaction diagrams to handle common issues
• Extend UML features for specific environment or domains
• Use UML as part of a Model Driven Architecture initiative
• Apply an effective process for using UML

About the Authors

Hans-Erik Eriksson (Sweden) has over 15 years’ experience in system development and software architecture. He is the author of six books in the field, including Business Modeling with UML: Business Practices at Work, and is also a highly skilled trainer and practitioner of UML.

Magnus Penker (Sweden) is senior advisor and consultant to both public authorities and international top management. He is also a former senior management consultant and methodologist with over 10 years’ experience in business processes and object-oriented analysis and design. In addition to working on the UML Toolkit and UML 2 Toolkit, Penker has also collaborated with Hans-Erik Eriksson on Business Modeling with UML: Business Practices at Work.

Brian Lyons is Chairman, CTO, and cofounder of Number Six Software, Inc., a Washington, D.C.–based software development outsourcing company. Mr. Lyons has been a leading expert in object-oriented technology and iterative development techniques since the mid-1980s. Much of his career has been spent as a trainer, product-centered consultant, methodologist, and mentor, but he has always stayed close to the pragmatic issues of the software developer.

David Fado works as a software architect for Number Six Software, Inc., of Washington D.C., focusing on information and financial management systems. Starting in software development after an academic career in economic and diplomatic history, Dr. Fado worked as a project manager and architect on a variety of complicated global projects dealing with financial information. Since that time, Dr. Fado has focused on using UML and development support tools for successful projects, joining Number Six Software because of their focus on the practical application of UML and object-oriented processes.